While the exact reasons behind his apparent suicide are difficult to ascertain, this case adds to our longstanding concerns about witness protection in Kosovo. We call for an effective and independent witness and victim protection system inside Kosovo to be put in place. Only an effective and well-resourced witness and victim protection system in Kosovo will help render justice to the victims and end impunity regarding past violations.

An EU judge in September placed Limaj under house arrest for one month [JURIST report] while awaiting trial, acting on a request by EULEX prosecutors. Limaj allegedly ordered two captured Serb policemen and executed and tortured another Serbian captive in 1999. Limaj is also under investigation for embezzling funds while serving as transport minister. Limaj and the KLA, despite allegations of human rights violations, are viewed as liberators by many ethnic Albanians. In 2005, Limaj was acquitted of similar charges by a war crimes tribunal in The Hague because of insufficient evidence. EULEX has been investigating war crimes [JURIST report] since December 2008. Kosovo controversially seceded from Serbia [JURIST report] in February 2008, and its new constitution went into effect [JURIST report] later that year.

On November 19, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat visited
Israel, becoming the first leader of an Arab nation to officially
visit. Two years later, President Sadat became the first Arab leader
to recognize Israel by signing the Egyptian-Israeli
Peace Treaty.Read
President Sadat's address to the Israeli Knesset.